Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-05
PERSONAL.

GEORGE w. CHILDS Is now permitted by his
physician to spend one hour every other day
at his office.
DAN RICE. the veteran circus clown and
temperance lecturer. has fallen into bad haO-
Its IN Cincinnati.
GEN. GRANTS uncle, Samuel Simpson, is
dying at his home near Bantum, Clermont
county, y. Y He is ~ years old.
LORD WoLsELEY's BROTHER is a squatter in
Australia, and Que OF the jollleot fellows in
the world, as the majority of squatters are.
Miss EMMA LAZARUS, the well known mag
azine writer. is in very poor health in Lon
don. Her friends are quite ANXIOUS about
her.
ACCORDING to a Washington corresDondent
Mrs. Logan has had to pay more than $50 on
telegraph charges on messages of coincidence
received tpe few days after the Generals
death.
DIR. O'REILLY, Of the army, the Presidents
physician, Is a very popular man socially.
HIS manner of introducing callers at the
White House when he acts as marshal is said
10 be superb
THE ill-fortune Of the Empress Josephine
IS attributed by superstitious people TO the
fact that she was excessively fond of pea
COCKS feathers as ornaments and nearly
afT avs wore them.
LOTTA, who Acknowledges having wrestled
with raLher Tine for at least forty rounds.
mas never preIende1 to keep track of the I'M
presslonabe Young men throughout the coun-
try who imagine her to be still IL.
JAY GOULD has brother. Abraham Gould
who mas never been heard from until lately
He Is supply agent Of the Missouri Pacific
railroad at 81. Louis, ana Is described as a
pleasant and unostentatious citizen.
d. 1. MOODY IS so years old to-day.
ana some OF his friends nave been endeavorlng
to raise mem rill fund for the endowment
OF the Northheid and Mount Hermon schools.
as lifting celebration of the anniversary.
GEN. BoULANGER was the son or poor ad
70 ate at Nantes and a beautiful English
womNr, ana in his boyhood was as vain and
theatrical a. now. He would often 20 with
our has lunch In order 10 save money Tor the
purchase OF lemon co!ored &ld gloves.
IT is said Wilson Barretrs loss OF the
Princess Theatre, IN London. Inch has been
leased By Grace Haw horne for year is
grieviug ann considerable, ana II is now al
most certain that he VIII not resume his
career as manager in tle Engtisn metropo-
lis.
The story Is started in the newspapers that
Ben But Cr, wNo hanged Mumford in New
orleans for hauling down the American nag
IN lSG2, found is widow IN straitened circum-
stances after the var and secured her a good
c.erkship IN the Interior Department in
W ashlnkton.
GrsTAvUs AD0LPHUS SCRoGGs has a
Michael Angelo TtmArsn sound. but the man
thus nSndi' apoed AZ 0ir,h did his best 10 live
up 10 ms name, Gen. SCrOggs proved to be
one OF The most gallant officers of the war
and was much res pected in Buffalo, where he
died Few days ago
Col. MosBY is said to be building nm
handsome law practice IN san Francisco and
ne mas recently made Il contract TO deliver a
series Of ecturcs on the ar, which VIII paV
hm $1,000 He is now busy IN the prepare
uon OF an artic on the battle of GETTYSBURG
WHICH lie says Is going 10 prove "a bUm6G
SHE'LL
BISHOP POTTER, Of New York. who reached
London on Frl0ay from Italy, has arranged
with he Archbishop OF Canterbury for an
interesting memorial service celebrating the
one huudredth Anniversary OF the consecra
ton Of The lr-t Bishop Of New York Wirch
took place At Lambeth Palace on Feb. I, l7S1.
IL Is hoped that the Archbishop OF Cantor
ouFy VIII prepare an appropriate discourse.
BLovITZ THE GREAT, who hobnobs with
kings and kaisers aud supplies the London
Times with news from PAri, often OF the most
surprising character, Is declared by his friend,
Ernest Daudet. to be a native OF Moravia, IN
religion Roman Catholic, and by name on
pert dc BlowitZ. The current impression has
been that he Is a German jew. named Levi
OpperL but this is denounced By N. Daudet
~ n base libel.
IL his memoirs Mr.. Greville recorda the
fat that the Queen WAS very fond OF her chli-
dren, but severe in her manner and a street
disc plnarian IN her fanny. The Prince Of
Wales. he goes on, Is extremely shy and imid,
with very good principles. and particularly
an exact observer of me truth, Il write tn,
because It will hereafter be curious to see
how the by grows up aud what sort OF per
furmauces follows thts promise, though I
shall not live 10 see it,
GEORGE Il. SINS, tue English playwright
6nd story-writUr, has recei wed nearly $lOO. OCf
from his pays produced IN the United states
during the past ave years. lie has an inter
cot IN q London newspaper which pays ann
Handsomely. ana his stories always command
good prices from the publishers. lie Is now
IN Algeis working on a new romance. He
at Oh
two or three scriai stories going at the same
time, changing from one 10 tAc o!Esr Cor rect.